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A few weeks ago I acquired a Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) egg case. The egg case hatched this past week. Now I have lots of little mouths to feed! This little specimen posed very obligingly for me as I was feeding them fruit flies. There is always something very satisfying about watching...

Unfortunately I don't have many plants to take photos of. Oh well. I'll update this thread periodically whenever something neat happens. A lovely Sarracenia leucophylla 'Tarnok' pitcher that's grown to be over a foot tall. It hasn't quite finished opening yet. <a...

Can't ya just feel the testosterone oozing out from every pore LOL Anyways, took the plunge and ordered a new smoker.... now looking for good recipes Looking for, but not limited to: Brisket Smoked salmon Shrimp Jerky Baby back ribs (both wet and dry) Pork butt Whole Turkey Whole chicken Whole...

I like smoked butt and I cannot lie You other brothas can't deny When a guy walks in with BBQ sauce and a perfectly cooked butt you get sprung, you wanna pull out forks cause you notices that butt was smoked. Deep in the grill its cooking, I'm hooked and I can't stop sniffing. Oh baby I wanna...

Unfortunately only one of 3 made it but todays its birthday! http://imageshack.us/a/img191/5126/photo1fby.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img705/1922/photo2dd.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img254/7833/photo2vu.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img195/350/photomnd.jpg free me from my egg step dad...

Well, My name is Dave and I am addicted to fish. I have 18 fish tanks and that is too many. Since I have way too many fish tanks, I figured I had better get started with Carnivorous plants. I was at Lowes and was tempted by the Bug Biting plants dormant Pitcher plant and Venus Flytrap. I mixed...

Updated 5/29/2013: Still have some takaiensis seeds available for trade. This plant..... I have tens of thousands of seeds available for trade. Above is a picture of a few of the many parent plants that are constantly spraying seeds all over the place! If you have ever had success...

Kill list coming soon. Carnivores Drosera: Filiformis 'red' Filiformis 'california sunset' Filiformis 'tracyi' Spatulata - mixed clusters Trinervia Graomogolensis Mixed Capensis. Two are known Giant varieties, two could be Alba, 3-4 unknown Adelae Giant Regia Binata Multifida Extrema...

N. Ampullaria whole plant about foot wide. I have nursed this plant from a little baby but it just doesnt pitcher for me with my cold temps. N. sibuyanensis x (spectabilis x aristolochioides) I have had this plant for a about two years. It has two growth points. Each growth point is of same...

D.graomo, N.jaquelineae pitcher & N.villosa plant Ceph & dew mixed pot VFT, cobra and dew mixed pot N.hamata BE clone N.tenuis... hope this one inflates!! N.petiolata N.splendiana x mixta (or maybe the other way around??) N.tentaculata maroon looking suspiciously non-maroon again...

I decided yesterday while out with my girlfriend, that it was time to face a fear that has been haunting me for most of my life... Spiders.. I took the first step while in a pet store yesterday, and held a baby pink toed Tarantula... I decided that night, hell. Why not. So I read for the whole...

Up for auction is a small propagated runner of a variegated spider plant, Chlorophytum comosum. I've had it lingering in my CP trays for quite some time. It will be shipped bare-root with sphagnum to protect the roots. Opening bid is $2. US only. Shipping is on me. :) Contact through PM for...

You are bidding on a rooted cutting of N. "Splendid Diana" aka splendiana. This is a female clone known for its prolific flowering. The mother plant has acclimated to room air in Colorado, vined to the kitchen ceiling, and flowered. The cutting is loosely bagged and has not yet acclimated to...

You are bidding on: One Drosera aff. ordensis x petiolaris. At least one healthy plant will be selected The one in the upper left hand corner from the pot pictured and will be bare rooted and sent to the winner. These are plants were grown from seeds produced by Not a Number. These sundews...

sooo...this morning, i went into the room i keep aome of my plants in, to turn on their light, just like every morning. i turn on the light, and look at the pots. (i have three pots under this light, one with a little cape sundew(which i thought was dead, but apparently the roots were still...

Hey guys I just thought I would start this thread because: 1. Cobra Lilies are amazing. 2. I don't see too many pics of them. So feel free to post any pics in the wild, in culture, in tissue culture...whatever. I'll start it off with the first one I've grown, which I got on Christmas. It...

Hello TF, I'm pursuing a new cheap project! Recently, I was assigned a project in school where we have 7 weeks to pursue anything we want, and then we give a presentation on the process and what we have learned by the end. It's an awesome opportunity, and I have decided to move up my summer...

I bought this spider specifically to photograph, but it is also an interesting critter. I chose this species because they are easy to keep in captivity; they are very pretty; and they are docile. I do a lot of my photography on the kitchen table and didn’t want something that would take off and...

Kind of curious. What humidity/light intensity/temperature do you keep your pygmies at? I'm specifically dealing with Roseanna right now. I'm having pretty good luck, but am always interested in adjusting what I've got going on if better ideas surface. At the moment they are experiencing...

Boring Allert......Boring Allert.......I am about to spill my pessimistic beliefs all over this discussion string!!!!! Moderator....feel free to send this to lala land or an off topic section here! Now this will read as off topic but everything we do effects the planet and are huge compared to...